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Ridiculous Chinese censorship used AI to change the gay couple in Together (2025) to a heterosexual couple
(hexbear.net)
Usually, they only censor the explicit content. But this is the first time that AI tools were used to directly alter the content of the original film.
By the way, the film has been withdrawn from a wide release in China after receiving too many complaints.
While this is a perfectly reasonable thing to point out, claiming it was the government doing it is just a literal flat-out lie.
It’s the same two companies that deal with government censorship with hundreds of imported films over the years. This isn’t someone who has no experience dealing with the censorship lol, they are literally the exclusive groups who were given the rights to distribute imported films. Do you seriously think that they don’t know what can or cannot be shown?
The ridiculous part is that they thought it would be good to use AI tool to directly alter the content on screen, rather than just not purchase the distribution rights at all.
See? That's a really good criticism. So why the lie?
You still don’t get it… sigh… These companies have to work with the censorship to get it to a release-appropriate state.
If it is buyout/acquisition film (this film in question), then the distributor will have to make the alterations.
If it is revenue-sharing film, then the film producers will have to make the alterations.
What’s so hard to understand?